Governance

The Société de la Place des Arts de Montréal is a state-owned enterprise reporting to the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec. As such, it operates a business for the diffusion of the performing arts and administers any other establishment whose management is entrusted to it by the Government and organizes art related activities designed to develop public awareness and increase attendance. 

As part of its ongoing mandate, the Place des Arts is subject to rules pertaining to ethics, conduct, integrity and impartiality. These governance rules aim to:

• provide better guidance to the management of all establishments entrusted by the government, including the Place des Arts de Montréal;
• ensure that directors, executives and employees adhere to their respective Codes of ethics and conduct; 

The governance rules of the Place des Arts are set out in:

• the Act Respecting the Société de la Place des Arts de Montréal;
• the Act Respecting the Governance of State-owned Enterprises;
• internal regulations and policies ;
• Codes of ethics and conduct to which administrators, directors and employees must adhere.